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"They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me."
"Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation."
"Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition."
"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."
"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."
"Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors."
"Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together."
"Francis Webb is easily our greatest poet and one of the greatest poets in the world but he's hardly ever mentioned."
Explore more quotes by Conor Oberst
"If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe."
"Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness."
"I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life."
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